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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Middleton
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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National Youth Violence Prevention Week - March 18-22, 2013
FOR the purpose of recognizing March 18-22, 2013 as National Youth Violence Prevention Week and urging all Baltimoreans to use this week as an opportunity to reflect on how we can each take a stand for our children by helping to deliver the message that violence is never acceptable.
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Making ourselves and our families safe from violence is, for most of us, an essential priority. Yet, far too many of Baltimore’s youth must contend with violence, or the threat of violence, as part of their daily reality. This is not only a tragedy in and of its self, it perpetuates a cycle of victimization and violence that makes us all less safe.
National Youth Violence Prevention Week, March 18-22, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the problem of youth exposure to violence, and to educate our whole community about ways to stop or prevent violence.
One of the many tools available in Baltimore to halt the spread of violence from generation to generation that holds back our children and neighborhoods is the Health Department’s Safe Streets initiative operating in Park Heights, East Baltimore, Cherry Hill, and Mondawmin. The Health Department describes Safe Streets as “a community mobilization and outreach program designed to combat s...
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